Broncos owner Pat Bowlen one step from Hall of Fame

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Pat Bowlen's nomination for the Pro Football Hall of Fame is a jolt of good news for a franchise that's had little to cheer in the 30 months since winning Super Bowl 50.

Peyton Manning retired. Gary Kubiak resigned. Paxton Lynch flopped.

The Broncos have lost 18 times over the last two seasons and went 5-11 in coach Vance Joseph's first year in 2017.

Last month, Bowlen's wife, Annabel, announced she has Alzheimer's, a disease which led her husband to give up control of the team four years ago, and earlier this month former personnel executive Tom Heckert died at 51...